qwltnldy Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 I HATE FAIRFIELD 80/20. Not only does it stretch with the lightest touch, NOW it is all of a sudden PUCKERED in the middle. I have no idea how to get it flat, if that is even possible. Several customers lately have brought this crap to me probably because JoAnns (the &^%$#'s ) aren't selling Hobbs Heirloom here anymore. I have it on the roll but not in King size, of course. I'm thinking I might just start carrying it, but you can't buy a roll of it, only boxes of pre-packaged, which have their own problems with creases. ARRRRGGGGHHH. Thanks for listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Oh! I thought you could get Hobbs 80/20 on the roll. So Anyone pop in who knows for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 As far as I know you can still get Hobb 80/20 on a roll, haven't otherwise. You can get ALL the Hobbs products here either in packages or by the roll. http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/ItemList--Hobbs-Batting--m-15--page-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Gamez Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 you can get it on a roll. Go to http://www.longarmconnection.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthieq Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 I was told a while back that you can buy the 120" roll, but can't get it shipped. If you get together with friends and order 150 lbs from Hobbs, they will send it via freight truck it to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannyju Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 My mechanical engineer DH made me the coolest thing! He hung a long PVC pipe in my quilting studio from the ceiling (using those hangers made for hanging plants). He attached small pullies to these and put a brass cleat on the wall to tie off to. A thin rope then pulls the thing up and down. I can hang prepackaged battings over the PVC pipe and easily steam them flat with one of those Homedics steamers they sell at Hancock's (pretty often they are $39 on sale). I just love it. Packaged battings are so wadded up I could never get them smooth before. I would post a picture but I'm pretty challenged at that. I'll try at a later date. Julie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwltnldy Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 So you can get 120" on the roll? I have only found 108" so far but I haven't tried to get it from Hobbs due to having to buy so much. I used to go in with a couple of friends for 96" rolls. I'll have to check further. Or maybe I didn't even look at it and rolled right past it. I usually buy from Gammill or Hancocks of Paducah. Shipping is still something like $50. Also can get it from Brewers (or whatever they are now), but not 120"roll from them. I'm also married to a mechanical engineer who has used PVC to make me something to hang quilts from as well. I hadn't thought of trying to steam a batt from it! Jones3jm, can you get just one roll of 120" from there? I didn't think I did enough king size quilts to justify buying a whole roll of 120", tho...but I know I would eventually use it up, even if it took a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwltnldy Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Ok Jones, I just clicked on that site and found the 120"x 30yd roll for $179 (or thereabouts). Hmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 I buy Hobbs 80/20 from Linda's Electric Quilters at wholesale 108" wide. One of my favorites. It was no problem for them to ship it to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwltnldy Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Robin, how much do you pay for "wholesale"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 When I have Mountains and Valleys in batting, I throw it in the dryer on the coolest setting, with a couple three hand towels, which I've wet thoroughly and rung as dry as I can get them.. That really helps it lay out flat.. After about 10 min. I remove the towels and leave the batting in another 5 min. Slick as sn-t on ice. RitaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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